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I personally dislike any kind of "wish-fulfillment, blank-slate, reader-insert" type characters in stories. I'm already me, I'm not reading something to get more of me, I want to meet new and interesting people, watch them go on adventures, and see them change and grow.

I cast my vote, but technically if you check off too many of those boxes, your story becomes a Sci-Fi story.

Harem in the literal sense refers to the women's area in an Arabic court. Harem in the literary sense refers to one man who's the center of attention of a bunch of people, usually women. For instance, Konosuba is a (largely parody) Harem story, and the MC hates everyone in his harem (except...

Although everyone talking about the decline of reading comprehension is no doubt correct, I think the specific issue you're addressing is a question of audience. Basically, that manga you're reading was presented to a group of man(and woman?)-children who lack the emotional intelligence...

Burger is probably the og fast food as we know it today, but for a more historical perspective you can look into the ancient roman "thermopolium" (here's an article on the subject: https://www.archeotravelers.com/en/2020/05/08/thermopolium-the-fast-food-of-the-ancient-romans/).

Harem exclusively describes a situation where one character is the center of 3+ characters' attention (if there's only 2, then it's a love triangle, or possibly just a group of characters). Because of its Arabic root, it usually means one man and many women, though in general it's meant to be...

You could probably also try software dictation, so you write in your diary, then read it to your computer.

This, and also: https://forum.scribblehub.com/threads/get-your-story-read-how-to-write-a-good-blurb-lessons-with-dr-shoemilk.23397/

Bookmarking this page. This is either great advice, or I'm hopelessly stupid (or both!)

From a realistic perspective, the average is around ten, with the number trending downwards. From a story perspective, the max number of directors is the number which helps you tell the most interesting story, though in general, I'd suggest less is more.

I'd say my judgement starts in ten seconds, but I don't know for certain if I like a song until it's almost done. An interesting, and related, question is how long until I *stop* liking a song, which I would say is anywhere between ten and fifty times hearing it.

Reiterating another comment about how you can probably find a beekeeper to take them away, and also adding that, assuming you live in an apartment/condo, you should probably call in a work order for the hole those bees are living in. No guarantee the managers/owners will actually do something...

I have only one item on my list, tbh, otherwise I read, uh... real books.

Having all the books memorized in a library wouldn't make you all knowing, even if we assume all the information in the books in the library was true, complete, and accurate. Besides of which, just because you can perfectly recall every book you've ever read, doesn't spare you the trouble of...

My upbringing is at odds with my nature.

The Mist, by Stephen King, though the fact that I read it in the middle of the night, in the middle of the forest, while it was a bit foggy might have played into that.

Just for fun, here's the male lead for the story I'm working on right now. Adam of Genesis. He was born and raised on the prototype city-ship Genesis in the year 2490, fifty years into its mission to test and develop the technology and culture necessary to travel to the nearest start system in...

I actually tend to target a balance of the sexes in my novels, though I love making female villains (not necessarily antagonists), because I think they're underrepresented, or worse, stupid (e.g. just misunderstood, fighting back against "the system", tricked into being bad, it's somehow a man's...

For making them the "sex race" that isn't the sex race, a few easy options are either to change the sex ratio (10:1 female to male, for instance), or else to have them mate in "heats/ruts" so that most of the time they are basically frigid. Those could easily give them a stereotype of being...

Or both! Never forget the possibility of both!